There are 8 ways to get from Phoenix to Tamarindo by plane, shuttle, bus, car, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Phoenix to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane PHX - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
11h 56m$643–1,937Fly Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport
cheapest- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO)plane PHX - TNO
15h 21m$179–711Bus
- Take the bus from Phoenix Bus Station to Moreliabus
- Take the bus from Morelia to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Nortebus
- Take the bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tapachulabus
- Take the bus from Tapachula to San Salvadorbus
- Take the bus from El Salvador to Terminal Tica Busbus
- Take the bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Tamarindobus
4d 8h$328–560Drive 4,596.9 km
- Drive from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport/44th Street Sky Train Station to Tamarindocar 4,596.9 km
2d 10h$617–891Fly Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)plane PHX - SJO
- Take a shuttle bus from Alajuela to Tamarindo
12h 49m$502–993Shuttle to Tucson, fly to Liberia International Airport, shuttle
- Take a shuttle bus from Sky Harbor International Airport to Tucson Amtrak Station
- Fly from Tucson (TUS) to Liberia International Airport (LIR)plane TUS - LIR
- Take a shuttle bus from Liberia to Tamarindo
14h 9m$866–2,570Fly Phoenix to Nosara Airport
- Fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Nosara Airport (NOB)plane PHX - NOB
12h 36m$453–913Bus, shuttle, taxi
- Take the bus from 2707 W McDowell Rd - Phoenix to 612 Wall St - Los Angelesbus
- Take the bus from Los Angeles to Managuabus
- Take a shuttle bus from Managua to San Juan del Sur
- Take the taxi from San Juan del Sur to Peñas Blancastaxi
- Take a shuttle bus from Peñas Blancas to Tamarindo
4d 18h$838–935
Phoenix (PHX) to Liberia International Airport (LIR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Phoenix to Tamarindo is to fly which costs $170 - $750 and takes 15h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Phoenix to Tamarindo is to fly and shuttle which takes 11h 56m and costs $600 - $2,000.
The distance between Phoenix and Tamarindo is 3799 km. The road distance is 4596.9 km.
The best way to get from Phoenix to Tamarindo without a car is to bus and shuttle and taxi which takes 4 days 18h and costs $800 - $950.
It takes approximately 11h 56m to get from Phoenix to Tamarindo, including transfers.
The best way to get from Phoenix to Tamarindo is to bus which takes 4 days 8h and costs $320 - $600. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $170 - $750 and takes 15h 21m.
Tamarindo is 1h ahead of Phoenix. It is currently 4:33 AM in Phoenix and 5:33 AM in Tamarindo.
Yes, the driving distance between Phoenix to Tamarindo is 4597 km. It takes approximately 2 days 10h to drive from Phoenix to Tamarindo.
There are 947+ hotels available in Tamarindo.
What companies run services between Phoenix, AZ, USA and Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica?
You can take a bus from Phoenix Bus Station to Tamarindo via Morelia, Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte, Tapachula, San Salvador, El Salvador, Terminal Tica Bus, and Central Autobusera Inteligente in around 4d 8h. Alternatively, Southwest Airlines, SANSA, and four other airlines fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Tamarindo Airport (TNO) 5 times a day.
- Website
- flysansa.com
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Houston, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Liberia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Las Vegas, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Mexico City, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Phoenix to Tamarindo Airport via Houston, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Phoenix to Nosara Airport via Houston Hobby Apt, Juan Santamaría International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,900
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Houston Hobby Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $420–1,700
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Miami
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,300
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Tucson to Liberia International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Phoenix to Liberia International Airport via Atlanta
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- aeromexico.com
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- volaris.com
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Mexico City
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Phoenix to Juan Santamaría International Airport via Tampa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–800
- Phone
- 1 800 715 1370
- info@ridecr.com
- Website
- ridecr.com
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $168
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Alajuela to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $341
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
Shuttle from Peñas Blancas to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $301
- Website
- https://www.ridecr.com/
- Phone
- +506 2750 0626
- info@caribeshuttle.com
- Website
- caribeshuttle.com
Shuttle from Liberia to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.caribeshuttle.com/
- Phone
- +52 664 299 0487
- servicios@acnautobuses.com
- Website
- acnautobuses.com
Bus from Phoenix Bus Station to Morelia
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–160
- Schedules at
- acnautobuses.com
- Book at
- acnautobuses.com
- Phone
- 800 622 22 22
- buzondeatencion@gho.mx
- Website
- autovias.com.mx
Bus from Morelia to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.autovias.com.mx/english/
- Phone
- +52 800 800 0386
- atn_clientes@etn.com.mx
- Website
- etn.com.mx
Bus from Morelia to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://etn.com.mx/english/
- Phone
- +52 477 710 0060
- Website
- primeraplus.com.mx
Bus from Morelia to Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- primeraplus.com.mx
- Book at
- primeraplus.com.mx
- Phone
- +52 55 4386 4652
- solucioneshola@ado.com.mx
- Website
- ado.com.mx
Bus from Terminal Central de Autobuses del Norte to Tapachula
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Schedules at
- ado.com.mx
- Book at
- ado.com.mx
- Phone
- +𝟓𝟎𝟑 𝟐𝟐𝟐𝟒 𝟔𝟓𝟒𝟖
- elcondorinternacional@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tapachula to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +52 962 625 2435
- info@ticabus.com
- Website
- ticabus.com
Bus from Tapachula to San Salvador
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
Bus from El Salvador to Terminal Tica Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Website
- https://www.ticabus.com/en/
- Phone
- +506 4404 0505
- sac@tiguanacaste.com
- Website
- tiguanacaste.com
Bus from Central Autobusera Inteligente to Tamarindo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- tiguanacaste.com
- Book at
- tiguanacaste.com
Shuttle from Sky Harbor International Airport to Tucson Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $134
- Website
- https://airportshuttleofphoenix.com
- Phone
- +1 800-923-1799
- contactus@omexusa.net
- Website
- omnibusexpress.com
Bus from 2707 W McDowell Rd - Phoenix to 612 Wall St - Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–100
- Schedules at
- omnibusexpress.com
- Phone
- +1 833 766 3553
- Website
- tufesainternacional.com
Bus from 2707 W McDowell Rd - Phoenix to 612 Wall St - Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–100
- Schedules at
- tufesainternacional.com
- Adult One way
- $75–100
- Phone
- +1 213 368 1172
- info@boletosdebus.com
- Website
- busesusatours.com
Bus from Los Angeles to Managua
- Ave. Duration
- 4d 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $340–400
- Schedules at
- busesusatours.com
- Phone
- +1 267 248 0844
- info@iskratravel.com
- Website
- iskratravel.com
Shuttle from Managua to San Juan del Sur
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80
- Website
- https://iskratravel.com/
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Estimated price
- $40–50
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